Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Administrative contracts theory'

L'étude de l'ordre public contractuel en droit administratif, qui était nécessaire compte tenu de l'absence de recherche doctorale sur ce thème majeur du droit des contrats, permet d'aboutir à plusieurs conclusions qui sont intéressantes à la fois pour la notion et pour le droit administratif lui-même. S'agissant d'abord de l'ordre public contractuel, son examen en droit administratif confirme que la notion ne peut être définie, mais seulement identifiée, le critère permettant d'effectuer cette identification étant l'automaticité de la sanction attachée à la règle. S'agissant ensuite du droit administratif, l'inscription de l'ordre public contractuel parmi les notions cardinales de ce droit a contribué au perfectionnement du droit et du contentieux des contrats administratifs. Le maniement de la notion permet au juge administratif de moduler le traitement des causes d'invalidité, d'orienter la théorie générale du contrat administratif, mais aussi, parfois, de se démarquer du juge judiciaire en retenant une conception singulière de l'ordre public contractuel
The study of the contractual public order in administrative law, which was necessary given the lack of doctoral research on this major theme of contract law, leads to several conclusions that are interesting both for the notion and for administrative law itself. With regard first to contractual public order, its examination in administrative law confirms that the concept cannot be defined, but only identified, the criterion allowing this identification to be made being the automaticity of the sanction attached to the rule. With regard to administrative law, the inclusion of contractual public order among the cardinal notions of this law has contributed to the improvement of the law and litigation of administrative contracts. The handling of the concept allows the administrative judge to modulate the treatment of the causes of invalidity, to direct the general theory of the administrative contract, but also, sometimes, to stand out from the judicial judge by retaining a singular conception of the contractual public order

The construction contract is a document which governs the business relationship of Contractor and Employer for the duration of a construction project. However, the selection of the contract type for the project tends to be performed too shallowly. The present thesis aims to analyse how the contract type is chosen among the three paradigmatic contracts considered here: lump-sum contracts, target-cost contracts and cost-plus contracts. The basis of the study is a case study performed on Project X, a large mine construction project in Western Europe. The relevant literature to the subject was reviewed, mainly the principal-agent theory, literature on risk allocation and on contract selection. After identifying several factors which may influence the contract selection in the literature and in a preliminary interview, a survey was conducted to assess their relative influence in general and in particular for the Project X. The survey was responded by a small sample of highly qualified and experienced managers. and was complemented with in-depth interviews with the majority of them. Some research on the project and on contract documents of the NEC standard contract was also performed in order to provide a context of the characteristics of Project X. The findings of the three sources made it possible to confirm the influence on the selection of the contract type of many of the factors proposed. It was possible to shortlist a small number of factors which influenced the most the selection of the contract type for Project X. These were the preferred risk allocation by the parties, the ability to adapt the contract to scope changes, the knowledge of each contract type by the contracting parties, the improvement of the project delivery by the contract type and the aim to enhance cooperation between the parties. Factors not present in previous research were also discovered, such as the different financial costs of the contract types and the requirement of financial information by the funders of the parties. The very different opinions of the respondents to the survey and interviews regarding the selection of the contract type confirm that the parties should consider in more detail that complex process, because by now the parties are not really sure why they are choosing a certain contract type. Further research should be performed in the future to analyse the factors which influenced the contract type selection in other projects. The projects could also be analysed during their whole duration. Other contract types or variants of the three contract types studied in this thesis could also be added to the analysis.

O presente trabalho visa analisar em que medida a alteração das circunstâncias negociais que levem à situação de onerosidade excessiva prevista pelo Código Civil produz efeitos sobre a utilidade que as partes derivam dos contratos de engineering, considerados estes como contratos que têm por objeto o desenvolvimento de projetos industriais e de infraestrutura de grande porte. Situa esses contratos em seu contexto histórico e social, descrevendo seus principais elementos de distinção, especialmente a complexidade e risco das operações econômicas que lhes é subjacente e os qualifica como contratos socialmente típicos, sujeitos ao regime dos contratos de empreitada. A tese discute a adequação do tratamento jurisprudencial que vem sendo dado à onerosidade excessiva e descreve os esquemas negociais geralmente usados em tais contratos para fins de alocação de riscos. Finalmente, a tese discute a aplicação de modelos da Análise Econômica do Direito, como a Teoria dos Contratos Incompletos, como subsídio para a valoração de aplicabilidade das normas sobre onerosidade excessiva aos contratos de engineering e análise dos efeitos de sua aplicação sobre esses contratos.
The aim of this work is to analyze to what extent changed circumstances that are contractually relevant, so as to characterize the legal figure of excessive onerosity [a situation of material burden for complying with a given obligation on one of the contracting parties] pursuant to the Brazilian Civil Code, bring about effects on the payoffs the contracting parties derive from so-called engineering agreements, understood as agreements for the development of large-scale industrial and infrastructure projects. The work traces back the historical and social context of such agreements and describes their main distinguishing features, especially the complexity and risk elements of their underlying economic transactions. The work also describes such agreements as socially codified agreements, subject to the discipline of a legally codified figure called empreitada [or contractor agreement]. The work also discusses how court precedents deal with the legal figure of excessive onerosity and describes the deal structures normally used in such agreements for the purposes of risk allocation. Finally, the work discusses the application of Law & Economics models, such as the Theory of Incomplete Contracts, as a tool for evaluating the applicability of rules governing the legal figure of excessive onerosity to engineering agreements and analyzing their respective effects.

En el marco de los Objetivos del Milenio, la falta de provisión de servicios públicos esenciales constituye en el Perú una carga histórica que debe ser superada con el objetivo de implementar de manera eficiente políticas de desarrollo social, establecer índices sostenibles de crecimiento micro y macroeconómico y aportar a la reducción de las tasas de pobreza en el país. Sin embargo, es indiscutible que la prestación de tales servicios esenciales o de interés público o general (servicios eléctricos, de transporte, ferroviarios, aeroportuarios, portuarios, etc.) no es posible sin contar con el soporte o sostén de una infraestructura que permita su viabilidad. De esta manera, en los países latinoamericanos, la falta de provisión de servicios públicos se ha intentado explicar en la denominada “Brecha de Infraestructura en América del Sur”, término que la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (“CEPAL”) y la Secretaría General de la Unión de Naciones Suramericanas (“UNASUR”) han utilizado en diversas investigaciones Ejemplo claro de esta brecha es que, en los últimos 20 años, los países latinoamericanos (con distintos modelos económicos y políticos) han invertido aproximadamente entre el 2% y el 3% de su Producto Bruto Interno (“PBI”) en infraestructura, salvo en los casos de Chile con 6% y Colombia con 4%
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La notion d’acte plurilatéral est issue d’une doctrine importée en France par Léon Duguit au début du XXe siècle. D’origine allemande, cette doctrine consiste à subsumer tous les accords de volontés sous une méta-catégorie nommée « acte plurilatéral », dont le contrat n’est qu’une sous-catégorie. Avec l’acte unilatéral, l’acte plurilatéral forme la summa divisio des actes juridiques. Comme l’acte unilatéral, l’acte plurilatéral connaît plusieurs subdivisions catégorielles auxquelles sont attachés des régimes juridiques distincts. Face à la crise contractuelle que traverse notre ordre juridique et à la multiplication des pseudo-contrats, le concept d’acte plurilatéral constitue un palliatif nécessaire. Remis au goût du jour, il permet ainsi une classification des accords de volontés à même de clarifier une matière en proie à un certain désordre
The notion of plurilateral decision comes from a doctrine imported in France by Leon Duguit at the beginning of the 20th century. Of German origin, this doctrine consists in subsuming all the agreements under a meta-category called “plurilateral decision”, the contract of which is only a subcategory. Along with the unilateral decision, the plurilateral decision constitutes the summa divisio of legal acts. Like the unilateral decision, the plurilateral decision has several categorial subdivisions to wich distinct legal regimes are attached. Faced with the contractual crisis our legal order is going through and the multiplication of pseudo contracts, the concept of plurilateral decision represents a necessary stopgap. Modernized, it thus provides a classification of agreements able to clarify a subject presently faced to some disorder

La recherche d'une unité entre les contrats privés et les publics revient à vouloir démontrer l'existence d'un socle, d'un droit commun aux contrats privés et aux contrats publics au stade de leur formation. Cependant, si l'unité des éléments essentiels du contrat peut se révéler imparfaite entre le droit privé et le public, deux notions peuvent apporter une cohérence au phénomène juridique d'unité des contrats : la notion générale de contrat en sa qualité de principe fondateur du phénomène d'unité permet la recherche d'une définition unitaire du contrat dont l'expression est la notion de consentement ; alors que les notions d'objet et de cause se révèlent être des instruments d'identification principal et accessoire du phénomène d'unité des contrats. Ainsi, s'il existe une multitude de contrats, il n'existe qu'une notion de contrat. S'il existe une infinité d'objet, de cause et de moyen de consentir, il n'existe qu'une notion d'objet, de cause et de consentement. L'unité des contrats privés et des contrats publics est cela : la réduction d'une pluralité de notions à une notion-cadre fondamentale, la notion de contrat
Seeking unity between private and public contracts is ultimately intended to demonstrate the existence of a base, a law common to private and public contracts, at the stage of their conclusion. However, if the unity, in terms of private and public law, of the basic elements of the contract may prove to be imperfect, two concepts may bring cohesiveness to the legal phenomenon of the unity of contracts: the general concept of contract in its role as a founding principle of the phenomenon of unity enables a uniform definition for the contract to be sought, the expression of which is the concept of consent whereas the notions of object and cause reveal themselves to be main instruments of identification, ancillary to the phenomenon of the unity of contracts. Thus, if multiple contracts exist, there only exists one concept of the contract. If there are an infinite number of objects, causes and means of consent, there is only one concept of object, cause and consent. The unity of private contracts and public contracts is this: the reduction of a multiplicity of notions into one basic framework, the concept of the contract

Organizations are under constant threat from global competition, socioeconomic factors, and political forces that are often unforeseen and dynamic. Consequently, decision makers adopt strategies, some including the principles of modularity, as a countermeasure. The problem addressed in this study was the lack of knowledge about the significance of modularizing contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs). The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to assess the significance of modularizing CMOs by statistically analyzing capacity utilization, efficiency, and profit margin between modular and nonmodular departments in a focal CMO. This study was grounded in the theory of modularity and the research question addressed what might be the significant value of implementing organizational modularity. The hypotheses posited that a significant difference exists in these metrics between the modular and nonmodular departments of the focal company. ANCOVA was applied to the hypotheses using secondary data of complete job orders undertaken at a company from 2008 to 2013. The results indicated significant differences in capacity utilization, efficiency, and profit margin between modular and nonmodular departments after controlling for differences based on overhead cost or lead-time. Decision makers in manufacturing companies, particularly those in CMOs, may benefit from these findings because they provide answers to questions on the value of modularizing CMOs. The social change implications of this study are based on companies gaining knowledge to improve productivity, manufacture more affordable goods, and provide more skilled employment opportunities. As a result, more people leave poverty and experience an improved quality of life.

La gestion du service de l'eau potable fait intervenir trois acteurs : les communes, les operateurs prives et l'etat. Les communes choisissent le mode d'organisation du service de l'eau dans un contexte strategique largement determine par l'etat et auquel les operateurs prives ont ete obliges de s'adapter. Les differents modes d'organisation relevent soit d'un modele de gestion non marchand (ou les tarifs de l'eau sont subventionnes), soit d'un modele de gestion marchand (ou les tarifs assurent le recouvrement des couts d'exploitation et d'investissement). La succession des modes d'organisation qui ont prevalu permet de caracteriser la strategie des communes en terme d'organisation de leur service d'eau. Les communes ont constamment, du debut du siecle au debut des annees 1980, opte pour le mode d'organisation qui leur offrait la possibilite de pratiquer des tarifs subventionnes. Dans cette perspective, les modes d'organisation se differencient d'abord de par leur vertu redistributive. Les differents modes d'organisation ont aussi des merites differencies du point de vue de l'efficacite economique, comme l'enseigne la theorie des contrats. L'analyse des arrets du conseil d'etat nous a permis d'etudier la regulation du service de l'eau sur longue periode et de rendre compte de ses inflexions. Nous avons ainsi mis en evidence que ce sont aussi des considerations relatives a l'efficacite economique qui ont conduit au remplacement d'un mode d'organisation par un autre. Le choix des modes d'organisation, s'il est partiellement dicte par des considerations relatives a l'efficacite economique, est un choix sous contrainte dans la mesure ou il demeure asservi au modele de gestion dominant.

La gestion hospitaliere a considerablement evolue ces dernieres decennies sous l'impulsion des mesures de regulation des depenses de sante. Ce phenomene s'est traduit par un renforcement du controle des etablissements de soins. Cependant l'hopital public est une organisation complexe dotee d'un centre operationnel, le corps medical, repute hostile a toute forme de controle. L'objet de notre recherche est precisement d'essayer de comprendre les facteurs qui favorisent l'acceptation de regles permettant la regulation des comportements du corps medical. La demarche adoptee de type hypothetico-deductive, nous a conduit, dans un premier temps, a etablir une presentation critique des instruments de maitrise des depenses et notamment du programme de medicalisation des systemes d'information (pmsi). Celui-ci constitue actuellement l'ossature du systeme de controle bien que conteste par une partie du corps medical. Dans un deuxieme temps, nous avons tente de trouver un eclairage theorique aux problemes de regulation. Dans cette perspective, la theorie des conventions s'est revelee plus adequate que les theories economiques traditionnelles. Elle nous a permis de deduire que le pmsi. Pour etre efficace, devait etre considere par la tutelle et par le corps medical comme une regle-convention. Cependant, pour acquerir ce statut, le pmsi devait presenter certaines proprietes que nous avons tentees de verifier dans un troisieme temps. Cette etude empirique comprenait deux volets distincts. Le premier a consiste a entreprendre une analyse de contenu des publications de la tutelle qui nous a permis de conclure quant a une assimilation du pmsi a une convention d'activite et non de qualite. Le deuxieme volet a consiste a apprehender la perception du pmsi par le corps medical au moyen d'un questionnaire adresse a 1400 medecins. L'analyse de 327 reponses a revele que le pmsi n'etait pas veritablement adopte par ces derniers.

Comme en droit privé, la théorie de l’accessoire s’exprime en droit administratif par l’adage "accessorium sequitur principale", selon lequel "l’accessoire suit le principal". Son utilisation dans cette matière est, si ce n’est croissante, tout du moins de plus en plus consciente. Tant le juge que la doctrine s’y réfèrent aujourd’hui volontiers pour justifier diverses solutions, appliquées le plus souvent de longue date – par exemple pour étendre la qualification de "contrat administratif" ou l’application du régime de la domanialité publique –, mais pour lesquelles on avait jusqu’alors omis de leur trouver un fondement. Cette utilisation demeure néanmoins assez largement impressionniste, dès lors que ne sont véritablement déterminés, ni ce qu’est un élément "accessoire", ni ce que signifie "suivre le principal", ni encore moins la raison pour laquelle l’accessoire devrait le suivre. Noyée dans un chaos de procédés juridiques voisins, et de solutions jurisprudentielles non ou peu motivées, la théorie de l’accessoire peut apparaître in fine comme un simple artifice argumentatif. Cette étude poursuit ainsi un triple objectif. Tout d’abord, faciliter l’identification des situations d’accessoriété, c’est-à-dire des situations dans lesquelles un élément peut être appréhendé comme étant l’accessoire d’un autre, de façon à pouvoir anticiper quand la théorie de l’accessoire est amenée à jouer. Ensuite, identifier les effets juridiques qui peuvent lui être imputés, de manière à saisir ce qu’il est possible d’attendre d’elle. Enfin, mettre en lumière les fonctions qu’elle remplit, afin de comprendre sur quel fondement et dans quel but elle est susceptible d’être mise en œuvre
The "accessory theory" is a legal rule that tends to suggest that the accessory has to follow the principal. Even though it had been increasingly invoked in administrative law, it has been used in a somewhat impressionistic way. In order to better understand it and facilitate its application, this study aims to figure out when, how and why this theory applies in French administrative law

Cette thèse a un objet théorique et un objet pratique. L'objet théorique est double. Il s'agit de démontrer la possibilité d'une réception juridique de l'analyse économique du droit. Cela nécessite de se placer dans les postulats de la postmodernité tant dans l'approche du concept d'Etat que dans celle de la règle juridique. La recherche se place alors résolument dans la doctrine théorique de l'approche de la règle juridique à travers le paradigme du réseau. Dans cette perspective théorique, le droit des marchés publics n'est que le support de cette démonstration. Mais il en devient aussi l'objet pratique. Le marché public est ainsi un acte dans l'économique et un acte économique. En tant que contrat de l'achat public, le marché public place la personne publique ou assimilée dans une relation d'échange économique. La notion générale de contrat permet de percevoir le marché public comme le support juridique d'un échange économique. Mais le recours aux marchés publics est aussi un choix de gestion. Il est est alors l'une des options possibles dans la gestion administrative contemporaine axée sur la recherche de la rationalisation de l'action administrative. Le marché public est alors perçu comme un acte juridique ayant aussi une source économique. En tant qu'acte économique, le marché public entretient alors des rapports d'interaction avec les règles de droit de la concurrence. Or le droit des marchés publics est lui-même le droit d'une concurrence spécifique. Cette mutation de la réception de l'économique dans les marchés publics et les règles les encadrant permet l'avènement d'un juge administratif du contrat économiste
This research deals with how the French and the European public procurement laws integrate the economic analysis of contract. The theoretical approach is based on Law taken under the network theory. In a first point, the public contract is taken under the relation between the general definition of contract and the economic notion of exchange. The second point deals with the new public management theories and the public procurement contracts. In this point, It is examined how the choice of buying influences the organization of public agencies. The third and the fourth points deal with consequences of taking the public procurement contract as an economic action. It is discussed the relation between the public procurement law and the competition law; especially how the public procurement law is, in itself, a specialized competition law. This new evolution offers to French administrative judge, taken as the judge of all the administrative contracts, a way to become an economic judge

Book Review of Fighting Foreclosure: The Blaisdell Case, The Contract Clause, and the Great Depression by John A. Fliter and Derek S. Hoff. University Press of Kansas. 2012. 224 pages. Cloth $34.95 ISBN: 978-0-7006-1871-2. Paper $19.95 ISBN 978-0-7006-1872-9.

Understanding Millennials' job expectations is critical for employee retention because of the number of Generation X workers who are unable to fill the job openings that Baby Boomers leave vacant when retiring from the workforce. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore Millennial employees' job expectations. Interviews were conducted with a purposeful sample of 20 Millennials who had at least a bachelor's degree, had at least 1 year of employment experience, and worked in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area. The inclusion criteria established work experience as a foundation for determining Millennials' job expectations. The conceptual frameworks of this study included generational and psychological contract theories to support exploration of the central research question regarding job expectations of Millennial Generation employees. Moustakas's 7 steps of data analysis were used to guide logical identification of the job expectation themes most significant to these 20 Millennials. The themes identified were opportunity for growth, compensation, recognition, promotions, supervisor support, flexibility, environment, and job security. These Millennials expressed interest in having work/life flexibility in an engaging work environment that fosters professional skills growth. Participants sought supervisors who readily recognized accomplishments, provided opportunities for achieving promotions, and applied compensation that reflected job performance. Using these findings, business leaders could implement strategies and policies that create a more fair and satisfying work environment for Millennial employees. Social change could occur within companies as leaders integrate expanded information on job expectations into talent management procedures for improving overall multigenerational job satisfaction and employee relationships.

In order to be hired, an applicant is expected to possess and live up to a variety of requirements. Though competences such as previous work experience and levels of studies are easily presented and measurable, this presumably may not be the case of more inexplicit information such as people's personalities and attitudes. The purpose of this study is to understand how recruiters value and determine personalities of candidates applying for executive positions. Furthermore it seeks to examine how recruiters handle potential challenges with trying to determine these personalities. Addressing these questions, we integrate semi-structured interviews with recruiters and an analysis of 100 job advertisements for executive positions. The interviews were performed with 6 highly qualified recruiters possessing substantial experience in recruitment regarding executive positions. Found was that recruiters do not seek to determine personalities, but rather personality traits relevant to the job position in question. These personality traits were something that recruiters argued being taken highly in to consideration when determining who to hire. In order to determine these traits, recruiters proposed several methods. Usually, a personality test filled by the applicant set the tone for the rest of the recruitment process. The recruiters alleged that the result of the test formed behaviour related questions during the job-interview regarding the personality traits of interest. Another method used, which had a clash of believed validity, was the estimation of applicants personality traits by looking at their behaviour during the actual interview. The challenges with trying to determine these personality traits proved to be 1) Misunderstandings between applicants and recruiters 2) Differences in applicants love of ease and skill regarding the job interview as a format 3) Candidates telling outright lies. In order to avoid misunderstandings recruiters asked candidates to give examples from real life experiences. To handle the risk of candidates being skillful in doing interviews a trial of employment was used so that the recruiter had a chance to evaluate the candidate in its executive position. The risk of applicants telling lies was resolved by either a) Trying to explain as little as possible regarding the job, so that the applicant would not be able to form their answers b) By asking follow up questions regarding the personality traits of interest without revealing what was looked for.

As a result of the passage of the Affordable Care Act, the behavioral healthcare field is experiencing an increased demand for services. This increase is based on the availability of healthcare coverage to an estimated 13.4 million previously uninsured individuals. To meet this demand for treatment, the workforce of behavioral health therapists must grow. The largest generation entering the workforce, the Millennial Generation - those born after 1980 - is believed to lack commitment to their employers, frequently vacating their positions for the next best offer. The purpose of this case study was to determine factors that both affect retention and contribute to employee turnover among Millennial behavioral health therapists, in the hope of identifying approaches for retaining them in not-for-profit organizations. This exploration used Rousseau's psychological contract theory as the theoretical lens. Secondary data from academic literature, public media, and published surveys were collected and analyzed using open coding to identify patterns and trends. Key variables influencing retention were parity in compensation, organizational culture, the opportunity to advance careers, and make a difference in the community. The implications for social change include informing policy makers and organizational leaders in behavioral healthcare about developing creative methods to increase retention. Recommendations include employer evaluation and improvement in their organizational culture and quality of relationships with their employees. The implementation of these recommendations could result in improved client outcomes, fiscal integrity, and organizational continuity.

The establishment of the limits between the public law and the private law has been a hard to clarify. For that reason, the author brings a perspective about this division, focusing on the case of public procurement. Thus, in the first part he will explain the division between public law and private law, and how this division has evolved. Then, he will explain the consequences of the disruption of unitary theory on public procurement. Finally, he will show the inequality of the parts, the public prerogatives and the compensatory guarantees, all involved in the peculiarities of management contract, that distinguishes it from an private contract.
La determinación de la frontera ente el derecho privado y el derecho público siempre ha sido una situación complicada de esclarecer. Por tal motivo, el autor brinda una perspectiva sobreesta división pero enfocándola, principalmente, al escenario de la contratación pública. Así,en un primer momento explicará la división entre el derecho privado y el derecho públicoy cómo esta ha ido evolucionando con el devenir del tiempo; luego nos explicará quéimplica el abandono de la tesis unitaria en el escenario de la contratación pública, para,finalmente, mostrarnos que la desigualdad de las partes, las prerrogativas del poder públicoy las garantías compensatorias se encuentran dentro de las peculiaridades que exhibe lateoría del contrato administrativo y la distinguen de un contrato entre particulares que se circunscribe en el ámbito de derecho privado.

I takt med att teknologin i nytillverkade bilar blir allt mer avancerad, ökar också antalet produktåterkallelserinom bilindustrin till följd av defekta komponenter. En produktåterkallelse ger upphov till enkostnadsökning för det berörda företaget och bör således ge en negativ effekt på aktiekursen, närmarknadsaktörer tar del av informationen. Det är inom bilindustrin vanligt att biltillverkande företagkontrakterar ut tillverkningen av fordonens komponenter. Den upptrappade outsourcingen frambringarfrågan om vilken part som ska ansvara för återkallelsens kostnader. Studien undersöker med hjälp aveventstudier och hypotesprövningar hur produktionsledets olika aktörer påverkas av information om enåterkallelse inom bilindustrin? Studien har valt ut 39 händelser när ett biltillverkande företag tvingas attåterkalla bilmodeller. Uppsatsens resultat visade att produktionsledets olika aktörer inte påverkas avinformation om en återkallelse, därmed gick det inte heller påvisa att komponenttillverkare drabbashårdare än biltillverkare av en återkallelse. Studiens resultat visade heller inget positivt samband mellanmarknadsreaktionen beroende på återkallelsens storlek, felorsak eller tidpunkten för tillkännagivandet.
As the technology in newly manufactured cars becomes more advanced, the number of product recallsin the automotive industry is also increasing due to defective components. A product recall gives rise toan increase in costs for the company concerned and should therefore have a negative effect on the shareprice when market participants consult the information. It is common in the automotive industry for carmanufacturing companies to outsource the production of vehicle components. The escalating outsourcingraises the question of which party should be responsible for the costs of the recall. The study examineswith the help of event studies and hypothesis tests how the different actors in the production stage areaffected by information about a recall in the automotive industry? The study has selected 39 events whena car manufacturing company is forced to recall car models. The results of the paper showed that thevarious operators of the production stage are not affected by information about a recall, so it was notpossible to demonstrate that component manufacturers are hit harder than car manufacturers by a recall.Furthermore, the results of the study did not show a positive relationship between the market reaction dueto the size of the recall, the cause of the withdrawal or the time of the announcement.

Ces dernières années, de nombreuses organisations professionnelles ont pris un important tournant gestionnaire. Les professionnels sont enjoints à intégrer dans leur rôle de nouvelles prérogatives et à mobiliser des instruments de gestion. L’injonction ainsi adressée aux professionnels interroge, dans le même temps, les rôles des gestionnaires traditionnels. Cette thèse s’intéresse à la manière dont les instruments de gestion, incarnation d’une logique économique et gestionnaire nouvelle, interviennent dans la constitution des rôles organisationnels. Afin de mieux saisir ce phénomène, nous étudions le cas du déploiement d’instruments de contrôle de gestion dans un important hôpital public français. Les hôpitaux sont en effet soumis à des exigences d’efficience croissantes, tant sur le plan économique que celui de la qualité des soins. Dans le sillage des réformes du financement des hôpitaux (tarification à l’activité) et de la nouvelle gouvernance, certains médecins et cadres de santé sont désormais en charge de la gestion de pools de services (pôles). Ils sont responsabilisés par le biais de contrats de pôle passés avec la direction, et sont invités à gérer leur pôle en mobilisant des instruments de suivi financiers inédits. En nous appuyant sur la théorie de l’acteur-réseau et en considérant l’établissement de nouveaux phénomènes socio-organisationnels comme un mouvement d’associations entre objets et humains, nous mettons en évidence l’action conjointe des instruments de gestion et des individus dans la constitution des rôles : les instruments de gestion ouvrent de nouvelles voies de pensée et d’action pour les individus, et les individus mettent en pratique ces instruments de multiples façon. Si les instruments de gestion prescrivent de nouveaux rôles de gestion, nous montrons que ce sont les interactions à l'oeuvre, entre instruments et individus, qui conduisent à l'internalisation du rôle prescrit. Sur un plan plus empirique, nous soulignons la nécessité de mener une réflexion locale tant sur la forme des instruments introduits et leurs finalités, que sur les missions des professionnels responsables de pôles et de directions fonctionnelles
In the last few years, many professional organizations have gone through decisive managerial changes. Professionals are asked to take on new responsibilities and use management tools. At the same time, this new demand infringes on the role of classical managers. This thesis examines how management tools, as the embodiment of a new economic and managerial logic, impacts the building of organizational roles. In order to deepen our understanding of this phenomenon, we study the implantation of management accounting tools in a large French public hospital. Hospitals are currently facing growing demands for efficiency, in terms of costs and quality of care. Following the financing (prospective payment system) and governing reforms, some doctors and head nurses become responsible for a pool of services (clinical divisions). They are made responsible through a contractual engagement with the hospital management, and are encouraged to manage their division using new financial monitoring tools. Using the actor-network theory, we see the emergence of a new social-organizational phenomenon as a movement of associations between objects and humans. We thus show the joined action of management tools and individuals in the building of roles: management tools open new possibilities of thinking and actions for individuals, while individuals put in practice these tools in multiple ways. Although management tools prescribe new managerial roles, role internalization may be achieved only when tools and individuals interact. From an empirical perspective, we underline the need to fine-tune both design and objectives of the tools, as well as clarifying the missions of clinical divisions’ heads and managers

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Muitas licitações públicas podem ser processadas sob um formato multiunitário, com a divisão de um objeto de características similares em diversos lotes ou mediante a reunião de diferentes bens em um mesmo procedimento. Desse modo, o presente trabalho busca refletir acerca da racionalidade que deve guiar a decisão sobre o fracionamento da licitação sob o prisma da análise econômica do direito. Valendo-se dos resultados teóricos obtidos pela Teoria dos Leilões, busca-se entender qual o comportamento esperado dos licitantes em diferentes tipos de leilões e como a referida teoria pode ser útil para estruturar da melhor forma possível as contratações públicas no Brasil a partir das regras postas para tanto. Com um diagnóstico em relação às principais características dos leilões multiunitários, é realizada uma análise dogmática de modo a concluir quanto à viabilidade de adoção de cada tipo no âmbito do direito brasileiro e quais cuidados devem ser tomados para uma correta implementação prática de cada modelo. O objetivo é identificar as situações em que cada tipo de leilão se torna mais recomendável e como configurar adequadamente os lotes postos à disputa, tudo de modo a otimizar os objetivos pretendidos pela contratação pública. A principal conclusão é a de que o modelo adequado de leilão, bem como a determinação e caracterização dos lotes, deve seguir os objetivos pretendidos pelo administrador. Outrossim, para além de modalidades tradicionais de licitação multiunitária, é possível implementar no Brasil modelos inovadores, tais como o leilão aberto simultâneo e o leilão combinatório, os quais, sob certas circunstâncias, tendem a trazer resultados melhores.
Many public procurement can be processed in a multi-unit format, by dividing an object of similar characteristics into several lots or by assembling different goods in the same procedure. In this way, the work aims to reflect on the rationality that must guide the decision regarding the fractionation of the bidding under the view of law & economics. Taking the theoretical results of Auction Theory into account, the goal is to understand the expected bidders’ behavior in different types of auction and how the theory can be useful to design public contracting in the best possible way based on the current applicable rules. With a diagnosis on the multi-unit auctions main features, a dogmatic analysis is carried out in order to conclude on the feasibility of each type under Brazilian law and what cautions should be observed for a correct practical implementation of each model. The objective is to identify the situations in which is recommended the adoption of each auction type and how to design correctly the lots put into auction, all in order to optimize the objectives intended by public contracting. The main conclusion is that the proper auction model, as well as the determination and characterization of lots, should follow the objectives intended by the administrator. Moreover, in addition to traditional multi-unit bidding modalities, it is possible to implement innovative models in Brazil, such as the simultaneous ascending auction and the combinatorial auction, which, under certain circumstances, tend to produce better results.

Title: IFRS 15- The new revenue recognition standard from contracts with customers.   Level: Student thesis, final assignment for Bachelor Degree in Business Administration    Author: Piran Batte and Zagros Isik   Supervisor: Jean-Claude Mutiganda and Pär Vilhelmson   Date: 2021 – June    Aim: The study aims to examine how listed companies in Sweden are affected by institutional pressures in the implementation of IFRS 15 and what organizational changes the revenue standard entails.    Method: The study examines listed companies in the construction and real estate industry in the Swedish market that have implemented IFRS 15 in their revenue recognition. The study is characterized by a qualitative research approach that produced data through semi-structured interviews and literary sources which were then analyzed via coding and thematic analyzes presented in tabular form.   Result & Conclusions: The results presented in the study show that the examined companies are affected by the isomorphic factors arising from the new institutional theory in the adoption and transition to IFRS 15. The companies are strongly influenced by a mandatory isomorphism as they are listed and are thus legally obliged to comply with IFRS standards. The companies are also characterized by an imitating isomorphism in the form of cooperation with competing companies because of uncertainty regarding the handling of the new standard. A normative isomorphism has been of a lesser degree. The results show no significant changes in the company's internal operations around their internal controls, IT systems and contract design, however, these have been permeated by high workload in the early phase of the implementation process of the standard. All companies felt an overestimated effect of the standard on its internal operations.    Contribution of the thesis: The study fills the existing gap around research on IFRS 15 and its impact on listed companies that are in the Swedish market. The study contributes to the new institutional theory by showing how companies experience pressure from society and norm-setting bodies. The theoretical contribution shows that mandatory and mimicking isomorphism has affected companies in the implementation of IFRS 15. Compliance with laws and advice as well as taking inspiration and collaborating with other companies have been demonstrated. The practical contribution is that companies tend to act under pressure from the environment in the goal of achieving legitimacy.   Suggestions for future research: As the companies examined in this study have been in the construction and real estate industry, a proposal for future research may be to study other listed companies that have adopted IFRS 15 as a revenue standard.    Key words: IFRS 15, Organizational Change, Implementation, New Institutional Theory, IASB, Internal Controls, IT Systems, Contract Design and Work Tasks.
Titel: IFRS 15 – Den nya intäktsstandarden för avtal med kunder   Nivå: Examensarbete på Grundnivå (kandidatexamen) i ämnet företagsekonomi    Författare: Piran Batte och Zagros Isik   Handledare: Jean-Claude Mutiganda och Pär Vilhelmson    Datum: 2021 – Juni    Syfte: Studien syftar till att undersöka hur börsnoterade företag i Sverige påverkas av institutionella påtryckningar vid implementeringen av IFRS 15 samt vilka organisationsförändringar intäktsstandarden medför.   Metod: Studien undersöker börsnoterade företag inom bygg -och fastighetsbranschen på den svenska marknaden som implementerat IFRS 15 i sin intäktsredovisning. Studien präglas av en kvalitativ forskningsansats som samlat in data genom semistrukturerade intervjuer och litterära källor som sedan analyserats via kodningar och tematiska analyser som presenterats i tabellform. Urvalet består av tio respondenter    Resultat & slutsats: Resultaten som framställs i studien visar att de undersökta företagen påverkas av de isomorfa faktorerna som härrör den ny institutionella teorin vid antagandet och övergången till IFRS 15. Företagen påverkas starkt av en tvingande isomorfism då dessa är börsnoterade och är således lagenligt skyldiga att följa IFRS-regelverken. Företagen präglas även av en härmande isomorfism i form av samarbete med konkurrerande företag till följd av ovisshet kring hanteringen av den nya standarden. En normativ isomorfism har varit av mindre grad. Resultatet visar inga påtagliga förändringar på företagens interna verksamhet kring dess interna kontroller, IT-system och kontraktsutformning dock har dessa genomsyrats av en hög arbetsbörda vid en tidig fas av implementeringsprocessen av standarden. Samtliga företag kände en överskattad effekt av standarden på dess interna verksamheter.    Examensarbetets bidrag: Studien fyller det existerande gapet kring forskning om IFRS 15 och dess påverkan på börsnoterade företag som befinner sig på den svenska marknaden. Studien bidrar till den ny institutionella teorin genom att visa hur företag påverkas av påtryckningar från samhället och normgivningsorgan. Det teoretiska bidraget visar att tvingande och härmande isomorfism har påverkat företag i implementeringen av IFRS 15. Att följa lagar och rådgivning samt att ta inspiration och samarbeta med andra företag har påvisats. Det praktiska bidraget är att företagen tenderar att agera under press från omgivningen i mål om att uppnå legitimitet.    Förslag till fortsatt forskning: Då företagen som undersökts i denna studie befunnit sig inom bygg -och fastighetsbranschen kan ett förslag till framtida forskning vara att studera andra branscher ute på börsen som antagit IFRS 15 som intäktsstandard.    Nyckelord: IFRS 15, Organisationsförändring, Implementering, New institutional theory, IASB, Interna kontroller, IT-system, Kontraktsutformning och Arbetsuppgifter

Denna studie undersöker företagsspecifika ekonomiska faktorer och opportunistiska incitamentrelaterade faktorer hos företagsledare som är bestämmande för aktualisering av goodwillnedskrivning i den svenska kontexten. År 2005 implementerade International Accounting Standard Board principbaserade riktlinjer avseende redovisning av goodwill enligt IAS 36 mot tidigare systematiska avskrivningar av goodwill. Implementeringen avsåg att förbättra redovisning av goodwill genom att förse användarna av finansiella rapporter med mer värderelevant information avseende tillgångens underliggande prestation. Dock har det nya principbaserade reglementet kritiserats av forskare mot bakgrund av diskretionen som medföljer av IAS 36 vid nedskrivningsprövningar som kan ge upphov till opportunistiska incitament hos företagsledare. Undersökningen avgränsas till Nasdaq Stockholm i betraktande av att tidigare forskning visat inkonsekventa forskningsresultat avseende vilka faktorer som är bestämmande för goodwill nedskrivning samt att det föreligger få empiriska belägg och olika argument inom redovisningslitteraturen. Undersökningen utgörs av totalt 285 företag på Nasdaq Stockholm över fem undersökningsår, vilket efter täckningsfel och bortfall resulterar i 1090 företagsobservationer. Det empiriska resultatet tyder att företagsledare i den svenska kontexten under diskretionen som medföljer av IAS 36 agerar opportunistiskt för att uppnå eftertraktade resultat vid nedskrivningsprövningar, specifikt vid positionsbyte av den verkställande direktören och resultatutjämning vid abnormt höga resultat, och inte fullständigt följer företagsspecifika ekonomiska kriterier som följer av IAS 36 vid bedömning av kassagenererande enheters återvinningsvärde. Det subjektiva utrymmet vid nedskrivningsprövningar medför praktiska och teoretiska implikationer för användare av finansiella rapporter, utövare och normgivare.
This study examines factors associated to business specific characteristics and factors associated to opportunistic incentives by executives that are determining for actualization of goodwill impairment losses in the Swedish context. In 2005, the International Accounting Standard Board implemented principle-based guidelines regarding the recognition of goodwill in accordance with IAS 36 against previously systematic amortization of goodwill. The implementation was issued to improve the recognition of goodwill by providing users of financial reports with more value-relevant information regarding the asset's underlying performance. However, the new principle-based regulations have been criticized by researchers considering the discretion that follows with IAS 36 in impairment tests that may give rise to opportunistic incentives on the part of executives. The study is limited to Nasdaq Stockholm, owing to previous research showing inconsistent results regarding the factors that determine goodwill impairment losses and that there are few empirical evidence and different arguments in the accounting literature. The survey consists of a total of 285 companies on Nasdaq Stockholm over five examination years, which after coverage errors and omissions results in 1090 observations. The empirical result indicates that executives in Sweden under the discretion that are incorporated with IAS 36 act opportunistically to achieve coveted results in impairment tests, specifically in the change of position of the CEO and in managing of earnings by equalizing results in periods of abnormally high results, and do not fully follow business specific financials criteria that follows from IAS 36 when assessing the recoverable amount of cash generating units. The subjective scope of impairment tests entails practical and theoretical implications for users of financial reports, practitioners and normsetters.

 

Dissertation in political science, C-level by Niklas Andersson, Spring Semester 2009. Tutor: Arne Larsson

“The Treaty of Lisbon – The Defence against Globalization?”

In the modern world globalization have undermined the nation-state and left it without the right measurements to adequately deal with the social and economic unrest that follows in its way. The states, built on contract theories, have an obligation to protect its citizens from the state of nature which seems to have failed as globalization has changed the rules.

The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the contract theories of Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and John Rawls to identify the elements of a state and create a modern and ideal contract theory. The treaty shall then be used on the Treaty of Lisbon as it can be seen as a contract between the European states to create an entity in the shape of the European Union with the power to defend Europe from the unrest created by globalization.

My question for this was as follows:

Is the new treaty for the European Union acceptable as a new social contract according to the social contract theories?

During my research the following criteria’s for a social contract was found:

1. A legislative branch 2. An executive branch 3. A judicial branch 4. The Right to taxation

5. A centralized educational system 6. The right to property 7. Equalizing redistribution system 8. The right to leave the contract.

The first four is essential in creating a state and are the primary criteria’s for its existence while the other four is determining the character of the state that is created and are therefore not essential in the creation of the state and are consequently secondary criteria’s in a states creation.

The answer to the question is no, as the Treaty of Lisbon first of all don’t give the Union the right of taxation on its citizens and secondly, the Union are not given the mandate to act for an educational or an equalizing redistributive system. Without these criteria’s the EU don’t have the possibility to quickly act on its own to deal with urgent problems that rises from the negative aspects of globalization.

Statsvetenskaplig uppsats, C-nivå av Niklas Andersson, Vårterminen 2009. Handledare: Arne Larsson

"Lissabonfördraget - Försvaret mot Globaliseringen?"

I den moderna världen har globaliseringen underminerat nationalstaten och lämnat dem utan verktyg för att kunna ta hand om den sociala och ekonomiska oron som följer i dess väg på ett adekvat sätt. Staterna, byggda på kontraktsteorierna har en ansvar för att skydda sina medborgare från naturtillståndet, men som nu har misslyckats i och med att globaliseringen ändrat spelreglerna.

Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka kontraktsteorierna av Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau och John Rawls för att identifiera beståndsdelarna för en stat och utifrån det skapa en modern idealbild av kontraktsteorin. Kontraktet ska sedan jämföras med Lissabonfördraget då de i viss mån kan ses som ett kontrakt mellan Europas stater för att skapa en enhet utifrån den Europeiska Unionen med makten att skydda Europa mot oron skapad av globaliseringen.

Min fråga var följande:

Är det nya fördraget för den Europeiska Unioen acceptabel som ett nytt socialt ontrat enligt de gamla kontraktseorierna?

Under mon undersökning kom jag fram till följande kriterier för ett socialt kontrakt:

1. En lagstiftande instans 2. En verkställande instans 3. En lagstiftande instans 4. Rätten att beskatta

5. Ett centraliserat utbildningssystem 6. Rätten till ägande 7. Utjämnadne omfördelningssystem 8. Rätten att lämna kontraktet.

De första fyra är essentiella i skapandet av en stat och de primära kriterierna för dess existens medan de övriga fyra bestämmer karaktäen på staten som skapats och är ärmed inte avgörande och är därmed sekundära kriterier.

Svaret till frågan är nej, eftersom Lissabonfördraget först av allt inte ger Unionen möjligheterna till beskattning och för det andra , Unionen har inte fått madatet till att agera för ett utbildningssystem eller omfördelande ujämningssytem. Utan dessa kriterier har inte EU möjligheten att snabbt agera av egen kraft för att ta hand om brådskande problem som uppståt från globaliseringens negativa sidor.

The overall purpose of this thesis is to gain further knowledge of how the Swedish local government level is affected by requirements to use public procurement through competitive tendering and, more specifically, understand the actions taken by included actors when public procurement is required in implementation of public transport goals. Through case study method, an in specific process tracing, various implementation processes have been examined. One studied process complied with the procurement regulations, while the others included elements that circumvented them. In each process, the actions taken by involved actors have been the focus. The findings are presented in four papers. An overall conclusion is that, when public procurement is required in implementation at the local government level, several actors need to interact. These actors may use procurement to expand, maintain, or restrain their discretion towards others actors. In addition, various control mechanisms, such as e.g. monitoring, are used to restrain an actor’s discretion when the actor is circumventing procurement legislation.
Det övergripande syftet med denna avhandling är att öka kunskapen om hur den lokala nivån i Sverige är påverkad av kravet på att använda offentlig upphandling, och mer specifikt att förstå de handlingar som olika aktörer vidtar vid implementering av kollektivtrafik mål, då konkurrensutsatt upphandling är ett krav. Genom fallstudie metod har olika implementeringsprocesser undersökts. I en process har upphandlingsreglerna följts, medan i de andra har upphandlingslagen kringgåtts. Resultaten har analyserats utifrån principal-agent teori och presenteras i form av fyra artiklar. I studien konstateras det att flera aktörer är beroende av varandra i implementeringen. Aktörerna kan använda upphandling för att både behålla och expandera sitt handlingsutrymme gentemot andra aktörer, men upphandling kan även vara begränsande. I studien diskuteras även olika kontrollmekanismer som användas då aktörer kringgår upphandlingslagstiftningen.

Stress, burnout, mal-être, bien-être, conditions de travail, Risques Psycho Sociaux (RPS), la santé au travail recouvre une multitude de notions. Nous avons choisi dans le cadre de ce travail d’envisager la santé à travers le prisme des ressources et de mobiliser la théorie de la conservation des ressources (COR) de Hobfoll (1989, 1998, 2001). Ses apports majeurs sont d’envisager la santé non plus seulement dans sa dimension pathogénique mais également dans une perspective salutogénique (Abord de Chatillon, 2005 ; Neveu, 2007, 2012 ; Richard, 2012) et d’aborder le phénomène en tant que processus tenant compte à la fois de ses aspects internes et externes. L’enjeu du présent travail est d’analyser plus finement le processus à l’œuvre, à la fois de maintien et de dégradation de la santé au travail dans le contexte spécifique des fonctions publiques territoriale et hospitalière. Depuis plusieurs décennies, ce secteur subit des transformations avec notamment la mise en œuvre d’une démarche de Nouveau Management Public (NMP) et la volonté d’appliquer des modes de gestion privés au public. Cette rationalisation bien que nécessaire économiquement a pour conséquence une intensification du travail qui affectent l’organisation du travail et la santé des agents. Ainsi notre étude qualitative à travers les trois articles qui la constituent défend la thèse suivante : la santé au travail est un processus dynamique auquel concourent l’individu, le collectif et l’organisation qui s’exprime à travers la relation aux ressources. Notre thèse contribue ainsi à identifier de nouvelles ressources organisationnelles, mettre en évidence le mécanisme de sollicitation des ressources et la capacité proactive et résiliente des individus, expliciter le processus de spirale, et confirmer le lien peu exploré entre Nouveau Management Public et stress au travail
Stress, burnout, well-being, work conditions, psychosocial risks, occupational health covers multiple notions. We choose to consider health according to the conservation of resources theory (Hobfoll, 1989, 1998, 2001). Its major contributions consist firstly in considering health not only from a pathogenic aspect but also from a salutogenic one (Abord de Chatillon, 2005 ; Neveu, 2007, 2012 ; Richard, 2012). Secondly, it proposes to study health as a whole process including its internal and external aspects. The issue of this study is to analyse both the process of maintenance and decline of occupational health in the specific public context. For several decades, this sector has been undergoing major transformations with New Public Management reforms. Although economically necessary this rationalization results in work intensification which influence work organization and health of public agents. Thus, our qualitative study through the three articles considers that occupational health is a dynamic process (in which individuals, collective and organization participate) expressed through the relationship to resources. Our thesis offers several contributions to help identify new organizational resources, to highlight the process of resource mobilization and the proactive capacity, to explicit the spiral process and to confirm the link, not sufficiently explored, between the NPM and job stress

Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) have played a crucial role in moving socially responsibility considerations up on the private equity industry’s agenda. DFIs add a development impact criterion to traditional financial performance goals in the investment industry and play a catalytic role by mobilizing other investors. The gap in research regarding DFIs implications and significance in the investment community from a SRI perspective is evident. The development impact objective introduced by the DFIs is examined to understand its effects on fund managers’ decision-making and if it exists a trade-off between this objective and financial performance. An understanding of how DFIs control fund managers to act in accordance to their objective as well as how they determine compensation schemes to incentivize them to pursue high return on investments, is discussed in relation to the agency theory. Furthermore, stakeholder/shareholder consideration is examined in relation to the subject. The aim of this study is to examine how the behavior of fund managers is affected by the involvement of a DFI investor and try to add to the understanding of their significance as institutional investors in developing markets. Previous studies have been more focused on determining the financial performance of socially responsible investments by using very similar quantitative data collection methods. This thesis undertakes an in-depth approach with the purpose to understand the fund manager’s drives as well as how a DFI involvement affects the behavior and decision-making process.   This thesis undertook a qualitative research strategy and semi-structured interviews were used as the tool to understand the fund managers’ personals beliefs and perceptions of how the relationship with DFIs affect them. The selection criteria for the fund managers was that they needed to work in a fund in which a DFIs has invested. We also included DFI investors in order to understand their point of view. The interview was recorded, transcribed and later divided into themes in accordance with the thematic approach, following six steps. Our findings show that Development Finance Institutions plays an important role in emerging markets and affect fund manager behavior to a certain extent. They did not perceive a trade-off between financial performance goals and development impact objectives. We conclude that DFIs increase fund manager focus on ESG/SEE elements in the investment process. DFIs requirements and reporting obligations is used as a tool to ensure that the fund manager act in accordance to DFI objective. The fund managers were neither willing to sacrifice commercial return in favor of development impact. Lastly, the interest among the DFIs and commercial investors is fairly similar, hence reducing the conflict of interest between investors.

Dissertation in political science, D-level by Niklas Andersson, Spring Semester 2010. Tutor: Malin Stegmann McCallion

“Societies in Crisis – When Washington Take Over”

An economic meltdown wreaks havoc on the world and has plunged the Western world into a spiral of economic stimulus in order to keep their way of life intact. At the same time the same institutions that support these countries have had another agenda for more unfortunate and less influential countries where nothing has been free and everything been to a price of self-sacrifice in order to get the consent of the IMF and the World Bank. Everything according to the points stated in the so called Washington Consensus.

The purpose of this dissertation is to research what impact the Washington Consensus has on the state in terms of power over the market and sovereignty. This shall be done by examining the points of the Consensus and then delve into the IMF and World Bank’s own program in four countries, Argentina, Russia, Kenya and the Republic of Korea. The findings shall then be compared to the Andersson Contract, a social contract theory summary showcasing the ideal liberal state, to determine if the Consensus gives enough room for the state to act against the market. This shall also be backed up with theories on economics from Adam Smith and Karl Polanyi in order to strengthen the comparison on the economic issues.

The research question thus for the dissertation are:

Which institutions and features does the Washington Consensus highlight as necessary for a state? Is the state they proposes to weak to uphold society according to the social contracts?

According to the research there are parts of the Washington Consensus that fits the social contract and should therefore in theory be able to maintain a level of social dignity and be able to take part in the positive effects of the market. Other parts on the other hand show that some crucial institutions lack certain strength in order to be able to keep the free market in check, but they still exist. Therefore the answer to the question is that it’s ambiguous as all the necessary institutions exist, but some of them need to be strengthened in order to make sure the market remains free as well as the countries should be able to choose their own way to economic welfare.

Statsvetenskaplig uppsats, D-nivå av Niklas Andersson, Vårterminen 2010, Handledare Malin Stegmann McCallion

"Samhällen i Kris - När Washington Tar Över"

En ekonomisk härdsmälta skapar kaos runt om i världen och har kastat ner västvärlden i en spiral av ekonomiska stimulanser för att hålla deras livsstil flytande. Santidigt som detta sker har samma institutioner vilka gett första hjälpen till dessa länder har de haft en annan agenda för mer otursamma och mindre inflytelserika länder där ingenting har varit gratis och allt varit till priset av självuppoffring för att få IMF och Världsbankens samtycke. Allt utifrån punkterna fastlagda av Washington-konsensusen.

Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka vilken inverkan Washington-konsensusen har på staten i betydelsen makt över marknaden och suveränitet. Detta skall genomföras genom att undersöka punkterna i konsensusen och sen dyka ner i IMF och Världsbanknens egna program i fyra länder, Argentina, Ryssland, Kenya och Sydkorea. Det jag finner ska sedan jämföras med Andeersson-kontraktet, en kontraktsteori sammanfattning av den ideala liberala staten, för att utröna om konsensusen ger tillräckligt utrymmer för staten att agera mot marknaden. Detta ska också stödjas med teorier om ekonomi av Adam Smith och Karl Polanyi för att styrka jämförelsen på de ekonomiska delarna.

Frågeställningarna för uppsatsen är då följande:

Vilka institutioner och funktioner uppmärksammar Washongton-konsensusen som nödvändiga för staten? Är staten de framhäver för svag för att upprätthålla samhället enligt kontraktteorierna?

Enligt forskningen är det ett par delar av Washington-konsensusen som passar in i kontraktsteorin och borde därför i teorin möjliggöra en viss nivå av social värdighet och hantering av effekterna utav marknaden. Andra delar däremot visar att några viktiga institutioner saknar tillräckligt med styrka för att fullt ut kunna hålla marknaden i schack, men de existerar fortfarande. Därför är svaret till frågorna att det är tvetydigt eftersom alla g´rundelement finns där, men några av dem behöver förstärkas för att försäkra att marknaderna förblir fria samtidigt som länderna själva väljer deras  väg till ekonomiskt välstånd.

abstract: With regard to business modules in Chinese delivery services companies, there has long been a heated debate on whether franchising or direct management is the better module for Chinese market. But most prior discussion was lightweight, unconvincing and without any theoretical framework. This research examines three major management problems in Chinese delivery services: 1. The reason for choosing franchising module, 2. The relationship between franchising module and implementation of the product, 3. The functions of IT in delivery services. By reviewing theories on enterprise boundary and summarizing the six features of franchising contracts in Chinese delivery business as well as the five properties of delivery products, two contract models are finally set up with five beneficial conclusions which are proved by a very solid empirical data analysis. The purpose of this research is to either support or weaken the current theories on enterprise boundary as well as to offer meaningful inspirations for the management of express delivery companies in China.
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